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[applause] >> andrea mitchell, for the vice president. >> mr. vice president, governor. mr. vice president, let me return for a moment to the issue of the budget, because so much has already been put off limits in your campaign that most people do not believe that the flexible freeze alone will solve the problem of the deficit. so, let's turn to defense for a moment. pentagon officials tell us that there is not enough money in the budget to handle military readiness, preparedness, as well as new weapons systems that have been proposed, as well as those already in the pipeline. you were asked in the first debate what new weapons systems you would cut. you mentioned three that had already been canceled. can you tonight share with us three new weapons systems that you could? >> if i knew of three new weapons systems that i thought were purely waste and weren't protected by the congress, they wouldn't be in the budget. they would not be in the budget, but you want one now? i'll give you one, that hmet, that heavy truck, that's cost -- what is it -- $850 million and the pentagon
[applause] >> andrea mitchell, for the vice president. >> mr. vice president, governor. mr. vice president, let me return for a moment to the issue of the budget, because so much has already been put off limits in your campaign that most people do not believe that the flexible freeze alone will solve the problem of the deficit. so, let's turn to defense for a moment. pentagon officials tell us that there is not enough money in the budget to handle military readiness, preparedness,...
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shirley anne jackson and andrea mitchell. i bet you every single person here has been absence 5:00 a.m. -- has been up since 5:00 a.m.. you are not a rhodes scholar for anything. so you get up of four 30 a.m. every day? many days? often? what time to get upper -- get up? >> 5:00 a.m.-5:30 a.m. in the late riser. >> and then haole do you work? >> when you are doing the today program, you have to be the last one out at night. so i am there until 10:00 or 11:00. >> so for the two people in america that do not know andrea mitchell, she is the nbc foreign affairs correspondent. she has her own show on msnbc. she covers foreign policy and national security. she is one of the most hard- working women in america, and we are glad she is here. next to her is shirley jackson, one of the first women to run a top research universities. she was head of the nuclear regulatory commission and the very first black woman to get a ph.d. at mit. amazing. [applause] nancy is the deputy chief of staff in the executive office of the white house. she
shirley anne jackson and andrea mitchell. i bet you every single person here has been absence 5:00 a.m. -- has been up since 5:00 a.m.. you are not a rhodes scholar for anything. so you get up of four 30 a.m. every day? many days? often? what time to get upper -- get up? >> 5:00 a.m.-5:30 a.m. in the late riser. >> and then haole do you work? >> when you are doing the today program, you have to be the last one out at night. so i am there until 10:00 or 11:00. >> so for...
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we'll hear from andrea mitchell. we will hear from the president of rand to near polytechnic institute. >> how are you? andrea mitchell who has probably working since 5:00 this morning. >> you saw her on tv? that was clever. >> de four-o'clock 30 wake-up. >> you get up at 4:30 everyday? what time you get? >> four-o'clock 30 or 5:00. >> when you are doing that "to a program, you have to be the last one out overnight. secretary clinton is traveling so there were late developments and early development as well. know andrean't mitchell, she is -- she covers foreign policy, intelligence and national security for the network. she is one of the hardest working journalist and we are delighted she is here with us. next to her is the president of run singer polytechnic institute's. she runs a top research university. 51 honor 8 degrees. >> the nuclear regulatory commission. >> she was the first black woman to get a phd. >> she is the assistant at the edge of staff at the white house. she is the point guard in overhauling the a
we'll hear from andrea mitchell. we will hear from the president of rand to near polytechnic institute. >> how are you? andrea mitchell who has probably working since 5:00 this morning. >> you saw her on tv? that was clever. >> de four-o'clock 30 wake-up. >> you get up at 4:30 everyday? what time you get? >> four-o'clock 30 or 5:00. >> when you are doing that "to a program, you have to be the last one out overnight. secretary clinton is traveling so...
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caller: i saw your andrea mitchell interview yesterday, and that was a really good interview. one of my prediction is he will over perform due to the independent siding. i to be president clinton supporter myself, but not anymore. thank you very much. go wrong paul. -- go ron paul. guest: that is why he would be the best nominee in the republican field, because of his tremendous crossover support. he has tremendous appeal to independents and democrats. that is good for the republican party. it is also how you win general elections. finally, it is what our country needs. our country needs to unite people and bring together democrats, republicans, conservatives, libertarians. bring them all together and get working on the serious problems we face. host: do you expect them to cross over and joined the independent process tonight? guest: there will be a lot of independent coming out. we welcome anyone that wants to come and vote for ron paul and vote for liberty. i am not that optimistic that met -- that that many democrats will do it. i do not think that is where many of the vote
caller: i saw your andrea mitchell interview yesterday, and that was a really good interview. one of my prediction is he will over perform due to the independent siding. i to be president clinton supporter myself, but not anymore. thank you very much. go wrong paul. -- go ron paul. guest: that is why he would be the best nominee in the republican field, because of his tremendous crossover support. he has tremendous appeal to independents and democrats. that is good for the republican party. it...
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didn't you journalists just feel some professional sympathy for andrea mitchell who tried to keep a straight face and go with an interview with conservative under who said that girls could afford contraceptive by putting in aspen between her knees? -- could save on contraception betweenng an aspiring their knees? that was silly. but attacks on family planning is not a joke. hear, seven states restricted or barred any family-planning funds from going to planned parenthood or any other health care provider that also provides abortions. when i was visiting the planned parenthood affiliate in los angeles, it happened to be a day when they were providing abortions. now the doctor in charge of the clinic whispered to me, as we toured, that, of course, friday's was the day that they offered vasectomies. i had to ask her if they ever encountered people outside the clinic trying to stop men from entering. [laughter] it gives you something to think about. [applause] one in five women in america use or have used planned parenthood services, much to the benefit of men also appeared but all of the -- ben
didn't you journalists just feel some professional sympathy for andrea mitchell who tried to keep a straight face and go with an interview with conservative under who said that girls could afford contraceptive by putting in aspen between her knees? -- could save on contraception betweenng an aspiring their knees? that was silly. but attacks on family planning is not a joke. hear, seven states restricted or barred any family-planning funds from going to planned parenthood or any other health...
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the rest of the news, andrea mitchell, for example, she should not be on any more. host: you did not vote because of the media? caller: let me throw this in. george bush was blamed seriously as being the most inefficient present according to the media, but this guy was elected twice by the american public, ok? he secured the country and saved the country from additional attacks. the economy was not so bad when he left office, yet no one in the united states media ever gave this guy, bush credit. everything was blamed on this. obama was a lucky guy. even my students do not know the capital of the states they live in. host: where did you teach? caller: i have taught in different colleges nationwide. i am private now because of my students and colleagues. realistically, obama, for example, refused to call the attack in texas a terrorist attack, for example. one of his achilles' heels -- host: we will leave it there. thank you for calling in from arlington, virginia. this is from "the wall street journal" this morning. on everybody then extend bush era rates on higher i
the rest of the news, andrea mitchell, for example, she should not be on any more. host: you did not vote because of the media? caller: let me throw this in. george bush was blamed seriously as being the most inefficient present according to the media, but this guy was elected twice by the american public, ok? he secured the country and saved the country from additional attacks. the economy was not so bad when he left office, yet no one in the united states media ever gave this guy, bush...
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the other thing, andrea mitchell is going on -- how can the republicans have this? how can they have balloon's dropped if the storm hits? hound does the president of the united states have a balloon drop next week with 23 million people out of work? i am one of those 50% of people paying federal taxes. my school bill went up $200 this year. my health went down. i see in baltimore they spent $500 million on fantasy trips for the schools. that is what is wrong with the democratic party. keep throwing that money into the schools. for what? where does president obama's kids go to school? the first day they tried to get poor kids out of their school. it is the republican that want kids to go to decent schools. union money, 400 million. do democrats understand they gave $800 million to the democratic party in 2008? now they are crying about these whatever outside groups. all i have to say is god bless america. please vote for romney-try to save our country. >> jen in gilbert, ariz.. next phone call from aurora, arizona. he is a democrat. >> i was listening to that last la
the other thing, andrea mitchell is going on -- how can the republicans have this? how can they have balloon's dropped if the storm hits? hound does the president of the united states have a balloon drop next week with 23 million people out of work? i am one of those 50% of people paying federal taxes. my school bill went up $200 this year. my health went down. i see in baltimore they spent $500 million on fantasy trips for the schools. that is what is wrong with the democratic party. keep...
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secretary duncan, may years, andrea mitchell, welcome to american university. and to this very important discussion, education now -- cities in the forefront of education reform. i would like to think he picked the right university to host this very important event. american university has to our school of education and teaching and health provided teachers for these great cities, provided professional development in education for the teachers of washington, d.c., in all eight of our wards. these cities represent the education of 2.5 million students. some of them facing some of the greatest personal challenges one could a match, but they also represent some of our best and our brightest. i wish this morning a fruitful and engaging and stimulating panel, and once again welcome all our distinguished guests to this very special event. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you very much. i am andrea mitchell, and is great to be here at american university, right across the street from our studios. we feel very much at home. education now -- the theme of today's
secretary duncan, may years, andrea mitchell, welcome to american university. and to this very important discussion, education now -- cities in the forefront of education reform. i would like to think he picked the right university to host this very important event. american university has to our school of education and teaching and health provided teachers for these great cities, provided professional development in education for the teachers of washington, d.c., in all eight of our wards....
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i am andrea mitchell from nbc and msnbc. it is great to be here at american university. we feel very much at home with all of you. education now, the scene of the day's conference, cities at the forefront of the forum -- we have gathered the mayors of our nation's three biggest cities. our largest urban districts, obviously, a mix of both the best, the practice, and the most severe problems we face. we have the mayor of los angeles, we have new york city mayor michael bloomberg and chicago mayor ron emmanuel. education secretary, arne duncan, has gathered all of us. we will be joined by the super did -- superintendent of all of these school districts to talk about how they are dealing with the bureaucracy. education is at the forefront of all the problems we face as a nation. every social and political problem really comes together at a crossroads of our school system. is the core of the twin crises of unemployment and lagging behind in global competitiveness. today's conversation will address how each of our mayors, these big three mayors, are addressing the challenges
i am andrea mitchell from nbc and msnbc. it is great to be here at american university. we feel very much at home with all of you. education now, the scene of the day's conference, cities at the forefront of the forum -- we have gathered the mayors of our nation's three biggest cities. our largest urban districts, obviously, a mix of both the best, the practice, and the most severe problems we face. we have the mayor of los angeles, we have new york city mayor michael bloomberg and chicago...
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mitchell saying that petraeus was involved in some, you know, fairly weighty discussions about his future with the white house and that his future status was not entirely clear. at that point, what people thought was that the discussions probably had something to do with the episode in benghazi in september and, you know, the intelligence that flowed or failed to flow from that to the white house in a timely fashion. however, within the period of an hour or so, really while the white house briefing was taking place yesterday, it became clear it was something, at least on the surface, quite different than that, and within a short time we had statements from petraeus and from the director of national intelligence, jim clapper, saying that he would be leaving. the amazing thing really was that petraeus' statement explicitly acknowledged the reason he was leaving was because of an extramarital affair, which is pretty unusual thing to see in the formal announcement from a high-level official. host: you wrote yesterday, and we got this from the newjersey. .com blog of the new jersey star ledger
mitchell saying that petraeus was involved in some, you know, fairly weighty discussions about his future with the white house and that his future status was not entirely clear. at that point, what people thought was that the discussions probably had something to do with the episode in benghazi in september and, you know, the intelligence that flowed or failed to flow from that to the white house in a timely fashion. however, within the period of an hour or so, really while the white house...
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i am andrea mitchell, and it is great to be here at american university, right across from our studios on nebraska avenue. we feel very much at home. education now, the theme of today's conference, cities at the forefront of reform. the four brings together the leaders of our nation's three biggest cities. we're talking about 2.5 million of our school children. our largest within districts, obviously a mix of both the best and brightest and most of your problems that we face. we have los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, new york city mayor michael bloomberg, and chicago mayor rahm emanuel. and education secretary arne duncan has convened all of us. in a few moments, we're going to be joined by the superintendents from all of the school districts to talk about how they're also dealing with the bureaucratic and hierarchical problems that some have inherited. education is at the forefront of all the problems that we face as a nation. every social and political problem really comes together at the crossroads of our school systems. it is the core of the twin crises of unemployment and la
i am andrea mitchell, and it is great to be here at american university, right across from our studios on nebraska avenue. we feel very much at home. education now, the theme of today's conference, cities at the forefront of reform. the four brings together the leaders of our nation's three biggest cities. we're talking about 2.5 million of our school children. our largest within districts, obviously a mix of both the best and brightest and most of your problems that we face. we have los...
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mitchell and nancy-ann deparle. >> she gave me the notion i could do anything i wanted to do. >> how did she do that? >> she had very high expectations and let me know she expected me to do well in school. when i would talk to her about wanting to work in the white house for being interested in politics or being a lawyer, she said you have to study hard and make good grades. you need to get a scholarship because i will not be able to afford it. she never said -- the sky was the limit. that really was her view. it made me think i could do anything. i did go to law school. in the early 1980's when i got out of law school, i went back to tennessee to practice. i was going around to law firms. there were not that many women in the law firms. i had guys interview me. they would sit me down and say, do you understand you have to try cases? >> [laughter] >> i said that is what i wanted to do and was excited about it. i have clients in the beginning, i would go in to meet them. afterwards, one of my partners would say that they say that was not what i expected. he did not know there was goin
mitchell and nancy-ann deparle. >> she gave me the notion i could do anything i wanted to do. >> how did she do that? >> she had very high expectations and let me know she expected me to do well in school. when i would talk to her about wanting to work in the white house for being interested in politics or being a lawyer, she said you have to study hard and make good grades. you need to get a scholarship because i will not be able to afford it. she never said -- the sky was...
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mitchell and alan greenspan about spending the evening with them, and we ended up in a hotel room with flowers. henry and i also sat with each other at defense policy board meetings, and we just spent a day and a half doing that discussing the very complicated issue of iran. at one of those meetings, henry told me -- this is very personal -- that i was his jewish mother. [laughter] my response was, "henry, i'm sure you had one early in your life. you certainly need one, so i accept." [laughter] not an issue comes up from the end of world war ii to today, and even before that, that henry cannot put into a brilliant contextually famed for his world acclaimed book on china, he used the wilson center's archives project for much of his research. don't worry, he give us a full credit. as max frankel of "the new york times" said in reviewing that book, "henry kissinger was not the first emissary in china, but persisted over decades, spending the careers of seven leaders on both sides. diplomatically speaking, he owns the franchise." henry kissinger's name is on the door of the kissinger insti
mitchell and alan greenspan about spending the evening with them, and we ended up in a hotel room with flowers. henry and i also sat with each other at defense policy board meetings, and we just spent a day and a half doing that discussing the very complicated issue of iran. at one of those meetings, henry told me -- this is very personal -- that i was his jewish mother. [laughter] my response was, "henry, i'm sure you had one early in your life. you certainly need one, so i accept."...